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Wait. This movie was nominated for best picture??

posted 14 years ago by fhornplayer896
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I totally didn't realize this until now. I saw the movie when it came out but didn't pay attention to the Oscars then. Was it that slow of year that a children's movie was nominated??

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[–] Aqqk 14 years ago

why not? the movie was incredibly well done.. I don't see why theres something wrong if a children's movie is considered for nominations.

[–] gmansi 14 years ago

"why not? the movie was incredibly well done.. I don't see why theres something wrong if a children's movie is considered for nominations."

I agree one of my all time fav movies

[–] vaspentse 9 years ago

I don't see why theres something wrong if a children's movie is considered for nominations.????me neither.....but i do think there must be something wrong when Babe gets nominated and at the same time the Usual suspects....Casino....and 12 Monkeys dont

[–] yues_woman 14 years ago

Why shouldn't it have been? It was a great film. It shouldn't matter that it was aimed at children. I suppose you think this year must be a slow year as well since Toy Story 3 has been, deservedly, nominated for Best Picture.

[–] artistathome 9 years ago

I am not sure it was aimed at children. I think it was aimed at everyone. I didn't see it until the Oscars was over that year. I rented it because it got nominated and I saw a clip of it at the Oscars and was fascinated.

it was amazing how they did the voice of the two dogs and Babe. simply amazing.
I agree it could have easily won. but Braveheart was also good too.

Apple and oranges. you can't compare them.

[–] cifra2 14 years ago

Babe was probably the most deserving nominee (and in my opinion, 1995's best film), and I still don't get why they didn't nominate Seven, Get Shorty (I recall correctly) and Dead Man Walking

[–] ratgirlagogo 12 years ago

Braveheart won, the other nominees were Apollo 13, Il Postino, and Sense and Sensibility.

Babe should have won. Not even close, really.

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[–] cltdreamer 14 years ago

I don't even see Babe as a children's movie.

[–] cifra2 14 years ago

Me neither, it is a movie children can watch, but it's a mature, really mature one.

[–] ceebeegee 10 years ago

I actually don't think I would let a child watch it. It's VERY intense at times--thinking specifically of when Hogget takes Babe into the woodshed with the gun. I literally cannot even watch that, I can't imagine a child could.

[–] Hoffhammer 10 years ago

Give me a break. So you don't let kids watch Old Yeller?

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[–] paynejeremy 14 years ago

Not only did Babe deserve to be one of 5 films nominated but so did another "children's film", Toy Story (it wasn't but should've been). The greatest travesty that year was that "Hoop Dreams" wasn't even nominated for Best Doco.

[–] nginx 13 years ago

There had been so many disappointments over the years regarding the Academy's choices that I don't think much about it anymore. A great movie will remain great and doesn't need an oscar to make it great. Babe is one such great movie.

He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither ~ B. Franklin

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[–] gioconda 14 years ago

This is a great movie, and should have won Best Picture.

The script is universal, the acting was amazing, and ground-breaking techniques in Visual Effects were created to make it look like the animals "talk". You kids take all this for granted today.

[–] nginx 13 years ago

I don't see how anyone can be surprised that this movie got a nomination after watching it. It's an amazing film irrespective of whether you're an adult of child.

He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither ~ B. Franklin